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    "id": 620732,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620732/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "I support the establishment of management boards within drought-prone areas. However, we should take caution because sometimes drought encroaches slowly in some seasons. Some places are heavily affected, but others are not. Again, the establishment of offices should not be limited to counties alone. At the end of the day, a part of the county is prone to drought and other parts are not. So, the management should look into it. They should have the leeway to establish offices to mitigate drought even in the sub-counties or wards. In some areas, you find that one part of the constituency is very dry and the other part is very wet. In the northern part of Meru, the areas around Nyambene Hills are very well endowed and there is a lot of rainfall, but when you go further down, about seven kilometers in the same constituency, there is drought. So, if we focus on the Authority having offices in specific places without a leeway of establishing others in other places as need arise, we might leave out some places. We also need to caution the Authority to be proactive especially in matters of drought. In Kenya, we normally react to effects. We started running up and down after the El Nino rains to cushion ourselves after the effects when the damage had already been done. Let us get proper weather focusing, so that, at least, this management board can predict what could be happening before it happens, so that they are ready and can save lives, livestock and expenses in trying to correct the damage. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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